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Crime cameras in The Tenderloin
Posted on June 23, 2009 by livinintheloin
Filed under: Polls | Tagged: Adam's Block, crime cameras, Crime in the Tenderloin, District, District 6, SF Tenderloin, surveillance cameras, tenderloin street camera, Tenderloin Web Camera, The Tenderloin | Leave a Comment »
District Six volunteers clean up
Posted on June 21, 2009 by livinintheloin
Volunteers gathered early Saturday morning at Justin Herman Plaza for the Community Clean Team — Plaza Sweep Up. Individuals and organizations from all over The City pitched in to clean up a corner of district six. Volunteer teams were paired up with DPW staff, and headed out to get the job done. Yours truly was [...]
Filed under: District Six, volunteer | Tagged: Community Clean Team, Community Involvement, District 6, District Six, Eastern Neighborhoods, Graffiti, volunteer | Leave a Comment »
Daly deceit — SF budget cuts
Posted on June 17, 2009 by livinintheloin
Progressive members of the Board of Supervisors championed cutting the Police, Fire and Sheriff departments’ budgets and instead use the money to offset cuts to health services. Supervisor Chris Daly said the cuts Newsom dealt to health services are “compromising public safety” and will lead to an “exacerbation” of problems on city streets, including an [...]
Filed under: Activism, Bad Urban Experience | Tagged: city budget cuts, Daly Deceit, District 6, District Six, homeless, public safety, San Francisco Budget, San Francisco Budget Crisis, Supervisor Chris Daly, The Tenderloin | 3 Comments »
Save SF Firehouses
Posted on June 16, 2009 by livinintheloin
The Board of Supervisors is threatening to cut funding to neighborhood firehouses throughout San Francisco — our first line of defense in a fire, disaster, or medical emergency. Please take a minute to visit saveourfirehouses.com – there is an easy-to-use form to email your Supervisor. In fact, the easiest form I’ve ever seen. Point and [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: public safety, San Francisco Budget, save our neighborhood firehouses, The Tenderloin | 5 Comments »
Tenderloin architecture — behind the facade
Posted on June 14, 2009 by livinintheloin
A friend and I met up on Saturday morning, and headed out on a walk through The Tenderloin. You never know what you might see, or who you might run into in the neighborhood. I had my digital, and wanted to get some pix of the architecture in the area. We stumbled across the the [...]
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District 6 Community Clean Team
Posted on June 14, 2009 by livinintheloin
The Clean Team will be meeting Saturday, June 20 at Justin Herman Plaza, 9 am to 12 noon — Embarcadero and Market. Volunteers will sweep up the plaza, paint out graffiti, remove weeds, and beautify neighborhoods throughout District Six. To volunteer or to organize a special neighborhood clean-up, call 415-641-2600 or email volunteer@sfdpw.org For more [...]
Filed under: Activism, SF Tenderloin, Tenderloin, volunteer | Tagged: Activism, beautification, Clean Team, Community Clean Team, District 6, District Six, DPW, Graffiti, volunteer | Leave a Comment »
BOS proposed budget cuts threaten public safelty
Posted on June 13, 2009 by livinintheloin
The $42 million supervisors propose to cut from the Police Department budget threatens to undo the drastic drop in violent crime officers have been able to achieve, said Chief Heather Fong. Homicides, which hovered at near-record levels the past few years, are down more than 50 percent this year. The cuts mean up to 325 [...]
Filed under: SF Tenderloin, Tenderloin, Uncategorized | Tagged: District 6, District Six | 2 Comments »
Tenderloin blast — PG&E removes PCB from site
Posted on June 10, 2009 by livinintheloin
PG&E clean-up of last Friday’s Tenderloin blast continues. A local emailed me these pictures of the removal of drums labeled “Oily water with PCB” — aka toxic waste. He also writes: ” Use of this extremely toxic chemical was used to prevent oil from breaking down but had been outlawed since 1978. My guess is [...]
Filed under: SF Tenderloin, Tenderloin, Uncategorized | Tagged: Bay Area Air Quality Management District, District 6, District Six, Lisa Fasano, PCB removal, PG&E clean up, Tenderloin blast, Tenderloin explosion, The Tenderloin, toxic waste | 1 Comment »
